Feedback & Reports

River high and fast. Lots of debris....I tried 5 different swims in the upper part of the fishery but not even bite all day. Access is ok, stairs are not that hard and the first swim is not too far. Area and the river is ok, but next time I will be going to different area of the Wye, which I like more.

Not a thing! River blown out by rain.

Gefnlysgwynne was looking glorious in the autumn sunshine. Rain had brought the river up and coloured it a bit but dropped and cleared throughout the day. Fishing tough - only 1 fish to 3 rods, a nice 12" grayling on dry.

5 Barbel & 3 Chub on pellet and bread. Most of the fish came before 10am.

Cracking day at Luggsbridge - 4 chub 2lb 6, 2lb 8, 3lb 2 and 4lb 6. All fell to homemade stinky cheesepaste. First time using Wye and Usk Foundation. What a great organisation, very friendly and helpful will defo be coming back.

Perfect day. First time on this beat for both of us with the river clear and carrying a little extra level. DW fished fly in the morning and after a brief hatch of LDO's caught 2 Grayling 12" and 1 18" fish (2.5lbs) on dry sedge pattern. After lunch both rods trotted maggots with 70+ Grayling, 12 OSBT, 2 large Chub. All Grayling 10"/18" and all fish returned safely. We will be back.

Quite a tough day really with a strong downstream wind which resulted in the expected heavy leaf fall. Level still a little high but the clarity were fine and it was pretty nippy.
Concentrated away from the bedrock/gutter areas as the wading was challenging but did find some grayling in the gravelled areas. There was a flurry of LDO's around lunch time which brought some fish up including one or two healthy specimens. Total for the day 7 Grayling and one WBT. Sad to say there were Goosanders on the beat which we chased off but I caught one grayling with a fresh wound across the back. Goodness knows what they had eaten already.
Nice to see that the beat is available once again. The owner of Llanfechan house is asking anglers to put details of their catches in a diary that they keep.

13lb pike caught on the lure.

One wbt 14 inches long, half a dozen or so fingerlings and probably the smallest fish I've ever caught on a fly. It wasnt much bigger than the fly! And 2 lost grayling at the net. They both looked good fish. Really lovely beat if a little difficult to access esecially the top half as theres a barbed wire fence runnuing the lenght of the river. Extreme care needed if in waders! It's a real shame this beat isn't available in the summer as this I'm sure would give cracking trout sport. Try and make it available please WandU!

Fishing over two days with river up just under four feet and water temperature at about 8 degrees C. Three barbel 6.8ozs,5.4ozs, and 6lb. and lost one. Day two only one barbel 7lb 6ozs. Tried to find the fish but they were reluctant to feed if I did happen to put a bait in front of them. I tried different baits but only halibut pellets scored.
Many thanks to the dedicated, knowledgeable and pleasant keeper Colin Richardson who was a fund of information in our long chat. Will try to get back to the river next summer when the water is hopefully running at normal levels so that I can study the topography of the river bed.